CVE-2021-38304

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-38304 · Published 17/09/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-38304 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting ni-pal (ni).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 38.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ni-pal ni	`≤ 20.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

Improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver in versions 20.0.0 and prior may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

References

ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/improper-input-validation-in-ni-pal.html · Mitigation

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